This is the course page for BSc Geophysical Sciences at the University of Southampton. Find out everything about Geophysical Sciences and what studying here involves. In this course page we explain a range of key information about the course. This includes typical entry requirements, modules you can take and how assessment works. We also suggest career opportunities open to you as a University of Southampton graduate of BSc Geophysical Sciences. This degree in geophysics programme has been designed to provide comprehensive training in geophysics. The modular system will provide you with extensive knowledge of all of the fundamental aspects. You will have the opportunity to tailor your degree to your own requirements by choosing options in particular areas of the subject, ranging from seafloor exploration to tides and waves within the oceans, or studying the Earth from satellites, with further options available in maths, physics and archaeology.

The strength and prestige of our geophysics degree will open doors to a wide range of employment opportunities. Potential employers view graduates of our Ocean and Earth Science programmes as superbly qualified scientists with excellent personal and transferable skills in numeracy, communication and team working. At a practical level, engineers employ geophysical methods to explore below the Earth’s surface in the search for oil, gas and other natural resources, as well as for archaeological investigation. Increasingly, geophysicists are involved in monitoring the environment and assessing natural hazards, whether global or connected with specific engineering projects. If you have the drive and ambition, and a love for geophysical sciences, the career opportunities once you graduate with your degree in geophysics are enormous. Among our graduates is James Adcock, now senior geophysicist for a company specialising in shallow and archaeological geophysics. He works behind the scenes, and occasionally on-screen, on the Channel 4 programme Time Team. "I have specialised in one area, called GPR (ground penetrating radar) but use all of the techniques initially learnt at Southampton in the work I undertake," he said.